The winning team of Joe Smith and Richard Scott took home the top honors of the Madison Rotary’s First Annual Corn Hole Tournament on Saturday, July 21, affectionately known as the Bottle Hill Cob Lob. The Second Place Team was Stacey Russo and Dino Zaccagna. Third and Fourth Place team winners were Rick Porter and Dave Corsini and Ray and Sue Freaney respectively. Click Read More for additional details.
Over 80 Rotarians joined the festivities as incoming District Governor John Wilson installed Michel Belt as Club President along with all other officers and directors. The event was held at the home of Judy and Barry Kroll and a great BBQ dinner was had by all. John commented on the strength of Madison Rotary and wished the club the best for the 2018-2019 Rotary year.
Thank your Stacy Russo for organizing Madison's Camp Merry Heart service day on August 8, 2018. Ten Madison Rotarians participated in working a carnival booth at Camp Merry Heart and worked with campers and participants. Camp Merry Heart service day is an annual event in which District 7475 clubs provide a day of fun and activities for the physically challenged participants of the camp. In addition to the Camp's participants the short term youth exchange students from Japan also spent a full day at camp involved in a variety of activities including zipline and kayaking.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Public Library in cooperation with the Madison Area YMCA and the Madison Rotary Club, the event will take place on Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. rain or shine and will offer families a day packed with low-cost fun and entertainment. Emergency vehicles will stretch down along Keep Street across from the Madison Public Library and a variety of large trucks will fill the Madison Area YMCA parking lot.
You are cordially invited to a very special event on Saturday October 20, 2018. RI President Barry Rassin will be the keynote speaker at the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Rotary Club of West Orange. This event will be held at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, New Jersey. The deadline for submitting reservations is September 14th. Capacity is limited to 600 people.
Harry Ruggles was the fifth man to join Paul Harris in the conversations that led to the formation of the first Rotary club in Chicago in 1905. Harry was a fellow who enjoyed singing, and this was a popular activity at the turn of the century. At an early meeting of the fledgling group, Harry jumped on a chair and urged everyone to join him in a song.
With 16 new members, it is time to wear your Rotary name badge. The club maintains duplicate name badges for you one in the morning and afternoon badge box. A name badge is an instant introduction which tells a person who you are your classification.…so you’re no longer a stranger.
Look for our new members who will be wearing a RED badge indicating that they are new members and make a connection and get to know them
A goal of our club is to build fellowship and wearing your name badge helps each member to learn the names of other members. You may think you know every member in the club and you probably do know most everyone. Test yourself at a meeting and go around and see if you know every individual in the room. We always have visitors and new comers. Let 's make everyone feel welcome!
The Rotary Club of Madison has an enthusiastic and engaged network of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to serve humanity in our local and global communities. We have 88 members and are inviting like-minded individuals to join our successful and vibrant club. President Michel Belt encourages you to come learn about Rotary by attending any one of our three weekly meetings as our guest. You have your choice of two weekly meetings: Thursdays, 7:47 am breakfast at the YMCA, 12:15 pm lunch at the Madison Hotel. To learn more, join or visit a Rotary meeting - contact Barry Kroll, at barrykroll@aol.com or 973-476-2772.
Rotary District 7470, The Madison Rotary Foundation and Madison Rotary (program sponsors) wish to thank the 600 volunteers, 40 sponsors and 24 local Rotary Clubs who participated in packaging 159,112 meals that were distributed to needy individuals and families in norther New Jersey. The program took place March 10, 2018 and is the largest Rotary food packaging program in the country. Ellsworth Havens, program chair, said "we are grateful to have such a supportive community and sponsors to make a program like this happen. Hunger is a very real problem for many people in our community and we are dedicated to making a difference." As we conclude the 2018 End Hunger 3.6 program we are already thinking about how to have a greater impact in 2019.
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